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Summary

Written by a proven author and top scholar in research methods, Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice gives essential and practical guidance on how to integrate research appraisal into evidence-based practice endeavors to ensure best client care. This practitioner-oriented book provides readers across the helping professions with the step-by-step skills they need to effectively appraise and use research as part of the evidence-based practice process. Readers will have the ability to integrate evidence-based treatments that improve the delivery of care and optimize treatment success as a result.

Author Biography

Allen Rubin, PhD, holds the Bert Kruger Smith Centennial Professorship in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, where he has been a faculty member since 1979. He is internationally known for his many publications pertaining to research and EBP. Jennifer Bellamy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at The University of Chicago, where she has been a faculty member since 2008. She has numerous publications in the area of EBP in social work.

Table of Contents

Preface

p. xiii

Acknowledgments

p. xxi

About the Authors

p. xxiii

Overview of Evidence-Based Practice

Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice

p. 3

Emergence of Evidence-Based Practice

p. 5

Denning Evidence-Based Practice

p. 6

Types of EBP Questions

p. 7

Evidence-Based Practice Is Not Restricted to Clinical Decisions

p. 17

Developing an Evidence-Based Practice Process Outlook

p. 17

Easier Said Than Done

p. 23

Key Chapter Concepts

p. 25

Review Exercises

p. 26

Additional Readings

p. 27

Steps in the EBP Process

p. 28

Question Formulation

p. 29

Evidence Search

p. 30

Critically Appraising Studies and Reviews

p. 38

Selecting and Implementing the Intervention

p. 40

Monitor Client Progress

p. 43

Feasibility Constraints

p. 44

Key Chapter Concepts

p. 47

Review Exercises

p. 48

Additional Readings

p. 49

Research Hierarchies: Which Types of Research Are Best for Which Questions?

p. 50

More Than One Type of Hierarchy for More Than One Type of EBP Question